Thursday, March 6, 2008

Robot Snakes

Unlike Indiana Jones, I generally don't hate snakes. But seeing thesemodular mechanical snakes wriggling up some dude's leg gave me shivers.The video gets scarier still when they start climbing walls andshimmying up the inside of pipes. According to the CarnegieMellon-based developers, the elaborate "gaits" that let these robotsnakes maneuver on land and sea are achieved using low-cost hobby-gradeservos. So before you kick sand in the face of some pasty CarnegieMellon nerd at the Jersey Shore this summer, remember he may have abackpack full of cheap, wriggly killing machines.Article Link (Gizmodo)